Radio New Zealand – 15th January 2020
The Ministry of Health has warned health professionals about an outbreak of a deadly new virus in China, which is causing symptoms from fever to severe lung disease.
But a health expert says people travelling to China shouldn’t be too concerned yet, as the virus is mostly contained to the city of Wuhan, with no evidence it spreads between people.
In Wuhan, 41 people have been diagnosed with novel coronavirus, which likely came from animals.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said six of them were severely ill, one with underlying health problems has died and one has travelled to Thailand after picking up the virus, where they’ve been quarantined.
It was found after an investigation into the cause of about 60 mysterious pneumonia cases in Wuhan in December and has been traced back to a single seafood market. Read more…
